2021
DOI: 10.1159/000512578
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Intraocular Tuberculosis: A Challenging Case Mimicking Wet Age-Related Macular Degeneration

Abstract: An otherwise healthy 72-year-old Chinese patient diagnosed with exudative age-related macular degeneration and decreased vision in left eye was fully investigated. The retrospective analysis of past multimodal imaging revealed bilateral severe choroidal neovascularization and choroiditis associated with a positive tuberculin skin testing and interferon-gamma release assay (QuantiFERON-TB Gold – Cellestis<sup>®</sup>, Chadstone, VIC, Australia) suggestive of latent ocular tuberculosis. The variable … Show more

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